No, it will just use it for speed. I thought of it as a hideous failure of evolution; the back being dragged over the ground on reinforced scales. But it is a magical beast too and in the world the dead can give you powers if they are paid in blood. Every bloodshed gives the beast more power and if it gets enough magic power it might get the ability to fly.
The girl defending the young ones killed the beast many years ago and unleashes a maelstrom of magic that killed her. She now resides in the realm of the dead as the God Shiirik with the body of a young girl and the face of the Shiirik beast.
On the copper breast-plate of the Kvinherje in the bottom image, you can see the Shiirik face (Its eyes are the breasts) as these female warriors worship this tragic deity.
No, it will just use it for speed. I thought of it as a hideous failure of evolution; the back being dragged over the ground on reinforced scales. But it is a magical beast too and in the world the dead can give you powers if they are paid in blood. Every bloodshed gives the beast more power and if it gets enough magic power it might get the ability to fly.
The girl defending the young ones killed the beast many years ago and unleashes a maelstrom of magic that killed her. She now resides in the realm of the dead as the God Shiirik with the body of a young girl and the face of the Shiirik beast.
On the copper breast-plate of the Kvinherje in the bottom image, you can see the Shiirik face (Its eyes are the breasts) as these female warriors worship this tragic deity.
Pretty savage lore – I like where it’s going.